Gas leak detected from stove in residential unit, Jersey City NJ


Firefighters responded to a residential unit in Jersey City where they detected a high level of natural gas leaking from a stove. Access to the unit was forced due to no other entry. The gas leak was being isolated and the stove was being shut down.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Battalion 1 dimension 5.
00:01
We're trying to get access.
00:02
We might have to force the door.
00:04
However, from Piers D&G, dear meter is not picking up anything and we suck it by the door jam, by the threshold, and around the fence.
00:12
One fire dispatch.
00:13
Command, Agent 5, are you performing gas readings at the north?
00:17
Zero. We can't be by the way.
00:19
One fired a dispatch.
00:20
Battalion one answering.
00:21
I'm the caller.
00:22
He's not, he's just a super, he's not at the building,
00:26
and he has no way to get in touch with security,
00:29
so we have no way to get in the building.
00:32
Command receipts.
00:33
Command answering.
00:36
Command answering.
00:38
1,000 parts to limit in confinement.
00:40
We do have gas.
00:41
Command engine 1.
00:42
Are you confirming gas?
00:43
Affirmative.
00:44
Affirmative. We've got a thousand parts of the meter at the stove.
00:46
We're isolated.
00:47
installed right now.
00:49
Which unit did you gain entry to? Because our engine 5 is reporting they were unable to gain entry.
00:54
We can entry to Department 210 .
00:58
Command receives.
00:59
Are you with a PS Gas?
01:00
That's a permanent PS Gas and deal with us.
01:02
Command received.
01:03
Dispatch is from Columbus Drive Command.
01:05
You receive engine 1 gain entry with PS gas.
01:08
At a thousand parts per million on a gas meter.
01:10
Gas is coming from the stove.
01:12
They're in the process of shutting down the stove.
01:14
He could possibly shut down a stove.
01:20
Command for Measure 1.
01:21
Command answering.
01:22
We're able to shut down the stove and when the process of the empty.
01:25
Command received.
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Jersey City, NJ
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